Argus

Argus is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek word Argos. It may refer to:

Greek mythology

Argus Panoptes (Argus "All-Eyes"), a giant with a hundred eyes
Argus (king of Argos), son of Zeus (or Phoroneus) and Niobe
Argus (son of Arestor), builder of the ship Argo in the tale of the Argonauts
Argus, the eldest son of Phrixus and Chalciope
Argus, the son of Phineus and Danaë, in a rare variant of the myth in which she and her two sons (the other being Argeus) travel to Italy
Argus or Argos (dog), the faithful dog of Odysseus
Argus or Argeus (king of Argos), the son of Megapenthes
Argus, one of Actaeon's dogs
Argus, a watchful guardian

Technology

Argus (automobile), a German automobile manufactured between 1901 and 1909
Argus (camera company), a brand of camera
Argus Coastal Monitoring, a video system for observing coastal processes and related phenomena
Argus - Audit Record Generation and Utilization System, a network auditing system
Argus (monitoring software), a network and systems monitoring application
Argus (programming language), an extension of the CLU language designed for distributed systems
Argus Motoren, a German aircraft engine manufacturing firm
ARGUS reactor, an aqueous homogeneous nuclear reactor at the Russian Kurchatov Institute
Ferranti Argus, a line of industrial control computers
Argus Retinal Prosthesis, a bionic eye implant manufactured by Second Sight
ARGUS-IS, a wide-area surveillance system produced by BAE Systems

Entertainment

Argus (album), a 1972 album by Wishbone Ash
Argus (comics), a fictional character who has associated with The Flash in the DC comics universe
A.R.G.U.S., a fictional government agency in the DC comics universe
Argus Filch, a fictional character in the Harry Potter series
"Argus" (30 Rock), an episode in the TV comedy series 30 Rock
Argus, a fictional deity in the Mortal Kombat series
ARGUS (Splinter Cell), a fictional private military contractor in the Splinter Cell series
Argus (video game), a 1986 Famicom game by NMK
Argus no Senshi, the original Japanese title for the arcade game Rygar
Argus, a prototype-only arcade video game by Gottlieb, also known as Protector
Argus (TV series), a Norwegian TV debate series that aired between 1993 and 1994
"The Argus", a song by Ween from the album Quebec
Argus, a fictional planet in the Warcraft computer game franchise.
The Manhattan Argus, a fictional newspaper in the 1994 Coen brothers film, The Hudsucker Proxy

Military

CP-107 Argus, a Royal Canadian Air Force maritime patrol aircraft
HMS Argus, the name of many ships in the British Royal Navy
RFA Argus (A135), a Primary Casualty Receiving Ship in Britain's Royal Fleet Auxiliary
USS Argus, various ships of the United States Navy
The French brig Argus, a French naval ship that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar
Fairchild Argus, a British version of the C-61 Forwarder light military transport aircraft

Publishing

See The Argus (disambiguation) for publications named "The Argus"

The Argus (Brighton), a newspaper serving Brighton and Hove, England
The Argus (Dundalk), a newspaper serving Dundalk, Ireland
Cape Argus, a newspaper printed in Cape Town, South Africa
Argus Press, a British publishing company
Argus, a newspaper in Albany, New York, which long functioned as the organ of the Albany Regency
Weekend Argus, a newspaper in South Africa
Argus Leader, American newspaper that covers Sioux Falls, South Dakota
The Argus (Melbourne), former Australian newspaper of record, established in 1846 and closed in 1957
The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus, American newspaper that covers the Quad Cities in Illinois and Iowa
Argus, Midwood High School's school newspaper
Carlsbad Current-Argus, a New Mexico newspaper
Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, a newspaper that covers Livingston County, Michigan.
South Wales Argus, an American-owned daily tabloid newspaper published in Newport, South Wales.

Biology

Argus (bird), pheasants from the genera Argusianus and Rheinartia
Argus butterflies, including:
- Nymphalidae, e.g., Erebia, Junonia
- Polyommatinae (Lycaenidae), e.g., as Aricia, Plebeius, Polyommatus
- Theclinae (Lycaenidae): the invalid genus Argus (described by Gerhard, 1850), now in Satyrium
Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes), a species of lizard
Terebra argus, a mollusk of family Terebridae

The Telegraph and Argus a Bradford based Newspaper owned by Newsquest (Yorkshire & North East) Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HP10 9TY |3223515| Registered in England & Wales

Other uses

Argus, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
Argus Corporation, a Canadian holding company once controlled by Conrad Black
Argus distribution, a probability distribution used in particle physics
Argus Media Ltd, a business information company
Argus Range, a mountain range in Inyo County, California
Cape Argus Cycle Race, a major cycling event in South Africa, colloquially referred to as "The Argus"
Operation Argus, a 1958 US military effort to create orbital electron belts using atomic bombs
Argus systems, two systems for determining the Premiers of the Victorian Football League's competition